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article is for educational purposes only.It is not for the diagnosis, treatment, prescription or cure of any
disease or health condition.

This article is a warning to avoid drinking highly alkaline
water.I am sorry to have to write
it, but there is a push to get people to buy alkaline water machines, and the
propaganda is intense.

Also, when one starts to use this water, one feels better, so many
people just assume they are becoming healthier, which is not the case in my
experience of over 30 years.I am
not selling any competing products, and am only interested in keeping people
well.

Quick
benefits may include fewer aches and pains, and perhaps a little more
energy.However, the problems with
the alkaline water machines more than make up for any short-term benefits they
confer.

WHAT IS ARTIFICIALLY ALKALINIZED
WATER?

This
is most often tap water that is put through an electrical machine that often
runs the water over platinum and titanium plates.This process causes the exchange of some platinum and
titanium ions that makes the water more alkaline in its pH.The machine also has a carbon filter in
most cases to remove some impurities.With some units, one can also add a white powder that makes the water
even more alkaline.

This
is very different from naturally alkaline spring water, for example.Spring water passes over rocks in the
earth and picks up various minerals, which affect its pH.Good spring water usually has a
slightly alkaline pH of about 8 or even 8.5, but not much more.

THE RATIONALE FOR DRINKING ALKALINE
WATER

The
pH balance of the body is very important, and most people’s bodies are too
acidic at the cellular level.It
does not matter if the saliva, urine or other fluids test alkaline.In almost all cases, the body cells,
which is the site of metabolism, are too acidic.This predisposes one to many metabolic imbalances and
diseases including cancer.The
rationale for drinking alkaline water is that it will correct this important
physiological imbalance.

Problems with this rationale for alkaline water.The
main problems with this theory are:

1. The real cause of excess acidity at the cellular
level is a deficiency of what are called the alkalinizing or alkaline reserve
minerals.These come from what one was born with, and from
the diet.If one lives a stressful
life, one also depletes these quickly.They include calcium, magnesium, zinc, selenium, and a few others.

Unfortunately,
drinking artificially alkalinized water does little or nothing to replace these
vital minerals.In fact, it may
deplete them for unusual reasons.It may make the body think it is alkaline, so the body does not need to
hold on to its alkaline reserve minerals as much, and it eliminates some of
them, making the person even more deficient.

2. Water from alkaline water machines replaces the
vital minerals with a little cadmium, lead, arsenic and other toxic metals
found in tap water and not filtered by any carbon filters that I am aware of. Some
filtering systems claim to filter out toxic metals, but I have not observed
this in practice.Those filters
that I have seen that are said to remove a lot of toxic metals tend to damage
the water even worse.Reverse
osmosis is an example of this type, along with KDF and other types of
“advanced” filtration media.

3. In addition, the alkaline water machines also
replace the good minerals with a little platinum and titanium found in the
plates that the water passes over to make it alkaline.These are both supremely toxic metals,
especially platinum.

In addition, I have observed slightly higher levels
of nickel in those who use alkaline water machines for several years.The nickel is probably leached from the stainless steel in the
machine, or perhaps from a nickel-plated machine part.Nickel is a deadly toxic metal.The alkalinity of the water may cause a
little to be leached out of the machine parts.

4. Carbon filtration also does not remove enough of
the toxic chemicals in the water, so one is also getting a dose of chlorine,
fluorides, aluminum, copper, residues of medical drugs in many areas,
pesticides and more.

5. As a result, alkaline water machines do not
really balance the body’s pH, although they will change it a little, giving
some people the impression they are getting well when, in fact, they are
becoming more ill.

The
only way to truly balance the body is to replenish the alkaline reserve
minerals.To do this, one must eat
a lot of cooked vegetables.The
cooked vegetables, and perhaps some mineral supplements, when carefully chosen
such as kelp, can and do supply the alkaline reserve minerals.Good quality, natural spring water also
supplies some alkaline minerals, as does good quality sea salt.Using these on a daily basis, the body
can be slowly remineralized.This
is the way to do it, not drinking artificially alkalinized water.

Is the water from an alkaline water machine the
same as naturally alkaline spring water?Definitely not.First, alkaline spring waters usually
have a pH of about 8 or possibly 8.5.The water from the machines is often much higher, up to 12 or 13.This is not healthful.

Secondly,alkaline spring water and some well
water is high in calcium and magnesium, which are excellent for one’s
health.Water from the machines,
by contrast, is artificially made to be alkaline by mixing the water with a
small amount of platinum and perhaps titanium, both of which are toxic metals.

Why is the diet important?Much
of the acidity of the body is due to a diet that is too high in grains,
cereals, beans, and sugars.Refined food diets are the worst, but so are most people’s high
carbohydrate natural food diets.All of these foods have an acidic reaction in the body due to their
peculiar mineral content.Red
meats also have a more acidic reaction due to other factors such as their high
iron content and the bacteria needed to digest them properly.

Even
eating some fruits today seem to have an acidic reaction.This is due to their content of fruit
acids, their higher sugar content, their unbalanced mineral content today
thanks to hybridization, and genetic modification.Some fruits are still alkaline forming, but not all by any
means.We find that fruit is not a
healthful food today.

The
diets need to be corrected by eating at least 70% cooked vegetables each and
every day.This is the only way to
obtain enough alkaline reserve minerals.Also, consuming sea salt only, and natural spring water, and supplements
of kelp, for example, also help.Drinking an artificially alkalinized water does not help very much, and
makes the person worse for the reasons outlined above.

TYPES OF ALKALINE WATER PROCESSING

I
know of three types of alkaline water systems.None are recommended, and all are harmful, but the worst are
the first type – the electrical machines.

Type #1. Free-standing electrical home units.The first type of alkaline water machines are most popular.They are free-standing kitchen units.These include the Kaagen, Jupiter,
I-Water, and others.These devices
begin with tap water, which is already a toxic product.

The
water passes through a carbon filter which does not remove most toxins and
mainly improves the taste.If the
filter becomes clogged or just old, it may also become a breeding ground for
bacteria, viruses and even parasites.

Then
the water passes over electrified platinum-covered titanium plates to
alkalinize it.Adjusting the
electrical flow determines how much of the toxic platinum is added to the
water.

Then
some machines may add a calcium solution or powder to the water to further
enhance its alkalinity.

Problems
with these machines, that are heavily and falsely advertised in my opinion,
include:

ŠYin disease.Drinking any
artificially alkalinized water, or even very alkaline well or spring water,
tends to make one’s body more yin.This is the worst problem with highly alkaline water.Yin means expanded, ill and centrifugal
in its effect, in traditional Chinese and Taoist medical terminology.This is a physics quality of
matter.Today, becoming more yin
is almost always extremely harmful for the body, because most bodies are already
too far in this direction due to ionizing radiation, toxic metals and chemicals
in the environment, and mineral deficiencies.It does not matter that you may feel better on this
water.Becoming yin is always
eventually a disaster.Please read
the articles on this website entitled Yin Disease
and Yin and Yang Healing to learn more
about this serious condition.The
other problems with this type of alkaline water machine have been mentioned
above.Just for review, they are:

ŠCleanliness. Tap water is not a very good base water.It is quite variable, and most tap water in America and
elsewhere is not of excellent quality.It contains some chlorine compounds, fluorides, medical drug residues,
hundreds of toxic chemicals, toxic metals and more.

ŠCarbon filters cannot remove most toxic metals and many toxic chemicals, no matter
what the manufacturers claim.When
water passes quickly over carbon, not that much is removed.Also, as the carbon filter becomes
dirty, it stops working well and may well make the water even more
contaminated.This is why changing
carbon filters often is absolutely necessary.

ŠPlatinum
is too toxic for any human exposure.While the amount of exposure is small, we have noted that after using
the machine for more than about 3 to 6 months, some who use it begin to develop
a little platinum toxicity.While
this may be okay for most people, some with delicate kidneys or liver problems
may be affected.The amount of
platinum absorbed from the water depends upon one’s tap water and one’s body chemistry.The more poorly nourished one is, the
more platinum one is likely to absorb.Other factors such as one’s age, vitality, etc. also have an effect on
platinum absorption.However, any
platinum is too much.

ŠMineral depletion.Drinking
alkaline water seems to deplete some of the alkaline reserve minerals in the
body.I am not sure why this
happens, but perhaps the body is flooded with an alkaline water, so it excretes
some alkaline reserve minerals because the body may believe the minerals are
not needed any more.

ŠWhite powdersadded to the water.Some alkaline water machines use a
whitish powder that is added to the water to make it more alkaline.One must find out exactly what it is.Most is not that pure.Avoid coral calcium powder, for example,
or some other contaminated product that adds more toxic metals.

If
you want to use an alkaline water machine, at least do not add the powder, and
turn off the alkalinization feature, and just use it as a water filter.Preferably unplug the unit so there is
less chance that the platinum plates are electrified and leaching a little
platinum into your body.Your
water is still passing over platinum, which is perhaps harmful.I have seen terrible problems caused by
these machines when used daily for more than 6 months or so, even though the
damage is very subtle at first.

I do
not like the advertising for these machines with claims that most Japanese
hospitals, and most Japanese people use them.I do not believe this is true at all.

Type #2. Water store alkaline water.A fewhealth food stores
and water stores are selling even more dangerous alkaline water.They begin with reverse osmosis
water.Then they add a calcium
solution or powder, often coral calcium, to alkalinize it.Problems with this methodology are:

ŠYin.Once again, any alkaline water seems to
have a negative yin effect.Reverse osmosis does not hydrate the body well at all and should never
be used for daily drinking water by most people.

ŠThe calcium solution or powder, especially if it is
made from coral calcium, may contain toxic metals.

ŠVery toxic, possibly.When
toxic metals are added to reverse osmosis water, the ‘hungry water’ seems to
take up the metals easily and drive them deep into the body cells and the
kidneys.

ŠAll the problems of reverse osmosis water.These
are detailed in the article entitled Water For Drinking.They include making one yin, not
hydrating the body well at all, mineral depletion, and plastic poisoning.

Type #3. The Alkastream alkaline water units. This type of alkaline water machine is a
non-electric, counter-top or under-the-sink unit that adds a magnesium compound
to tap water to alkalinize it.It
avoids the costly and dangerous platinum plates, but it still makes the body
too yin, uses tap water which is of poor quality, and possibly ruins the water
and causes toxicity from the magnesium compounds used to make the water
alkaline.Avoid this system as
well.